Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-07-01
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

kind words never die" although
they are frequently subject to a pro-
tracted trance. ~ Whitehall Times.
No use in reducing the cost of living
down to a nominal sum unless you can
get the nominal sum.
In old times parents brought chill
dren up, but now children bring parents
down Boston Courier.
What this country wants is dem
fist who can draw your tooth without
drawing your attention to the fact
DdnsUiIte Breeze.
Theirs good many men in this
here world thet's like cider-swect when
yer fust meet EN-, but the longer yer
know EN- the harder they git. Tile
Jetdge.
The man who tries to make two
thousand-dollar SALARY fit foar thou
sand-dollar outlay generally winds up
the experiment in foreign CLINE
PHILADELPHIA CaU.
"A Chicago firm advertises: Our
dancing slippers for young ladies are
simply immense" The Pittsburgh
Chronicle regards this rs II complete
vindication for the photographers.
Sarah @.ie ~. III, Aunt Cruzer,
did you have nice time ut the Bowl
ers'?" Aunt Cruzcr 'Nice time!
Well. it's the last time | set foot in that
house. Why, when | come to 90 they
didn't even say, what's me hurry. u
Hdrper'S BaZdr.
Deeper and deeper De Trow-
"How horribly that tenor is numbering
his anthem, Miss -Claymorc." Miss
Claymore THAT tenor is my brother,
Ethelbert Mr.. De Trow." De Trow
(glancing ut his hymnal and turning
the leaves quickly --"Why, how stupid
of me- Thought he was singing Mozart's
.Halleluiah" Miss Clayton Qrigidly)
HE is. lid Bits.
-Unanimity.-
1t clearly was put up job,
He knew it all the while;
And though he Ind to see her home,
He did not like her style.
And when they parted at the gate,
She muttered with sigh:
"Tll be at home tomorrow night"
He answered: so will l."
Il. d. Wurd. in Life.
0 -Housekeeper-"Are you good
, washer and ironerp" Applicant
.Please. mum, the last family was
e with sent their wash to the laundry. "
" "Can you make good bread?" "Most
folks buys of the bakers nowadays,
n num-" Il suppose you can sweepP'
l, 1.-The lady used to do that, num- wild a
carpet-sweeper.' "Well, 1 suppose you
IL at least know how to wash d'shesP''
4, "Indadc, mum, if it's a common dish
washer We want We better be after hirin
a mayer. GoOd-lay, mum. "-Onldhd
IL World.
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~ 1T is stated in Scotch paper that an
= iron worker of Aberdeen has adopted 6
y new method of pudding reservoirs
:. etc, with clay. Instead of using thu
n clay in the customary wet and plast'
os state, he dlys and pulverizes it befor
h application. 1t is claimed by this sys
tenn that. greatly improved results cal
. be obtained.
nv The diminished cost Of production
in metal work was illustrated recent
in by Dir. John Percy in IN address 10 tn
i. British Iron and Steel Institute by tn
nd SlalellcuJ liltb IL Sio9' VI StNN' T."
formerly costing thirty-live dollar:
ID. might now be produced for EIGHT cent:
on The cost OF making gold chains Ia
no been reduced to an eighth OF what
vas.
y . The oranges produced for markt
H. in the California counties OF los An@t
a. les and San Bcrnarlino number -"
IS twenty million u year. About t"
Nv, hundred cargocs 90 east. The n
,,d yield of an acre with sixty orange tree
nn, on it is estimated at $3.50 per annun
1r. but unfortunately TIE crop is not II
~ ways reliable, and sometimes who
.L groves have been abandoned to yari
IN. ty of pests. Chicdg) Times.
The annual report of the statistic
-. of the industries of Pennsylvania say
. under the head of lumber and its pro
II. ucts, that there are employed there
e %. 30 persons. whose average week
~, wages are $6.9j each. There are y
W, sanncries, with over 300 employees,
l"' whom are paid $2,0H,327 in wage
ro,,. o. street passenger railways there a
,,;n reported Al, with 1898 employees, who
' ~" yearly wages average $5j7 each. Pin
III adelphia contributes IS of these COZ
lent